Chihuahua Rescued from I-680 in Walnut Creek Reunited with Owners

A Chihuahua rescued from Interstate-680 in Walnut Creek during rush hour earlier this month has been reunited with its family, Contra Costa Animal Services officials said today.

The small dog, dubbed “Freeway” by animal services officials after it was found on the interstate’s concrete center divider around 6 p.m. on May 9, was picked up by her family, which includes two little girls and their father, animal services officials said.

California Highway Patrol officials speculated at the time that the dog had been abandoned on the freeway.

However it turned out the dog, known as Charm by its owners, had escaped from the backyard of its home near the freeway, and the girls had been posting Instagram photos of their lost dog ever since, officials said.

The dog drew multiple offers from members of the public eager to adopt, prompting animal services officials to urge people to take that passion and put it toward the adoption of another dog that needs a home.

I, all along, thought this dog lived near by and got on the freeway by mistake. I never thought anyone dumped him//her there. I can’t believe all of you folks thought he/she was dumped. I am so glad the family got their dog back. A happy ending. They are rare around here.

I, too, assumed the dog escaped from it’s owners never believing someone would purposely abandon it on a freeway of all places. But it’s a darn good question to ask how the dog made it up on the top, narrow part of the divider? It doesn’t seem easy to have done on her own.

Perhaps someone can answer part of the mystery…was the dog actually found on top of the divider, or was it put there for the photo? My dogs can jump like cats but that is still a tough jump for a little guy.

Suddenly, we have people coming out of the woodwork saying, “I knew all along the dog wasn’t really abandoned”. But when I said that, the only response I got was, “Your a moron.” So, I don’t believe any of you.

Mine just turned 15. Still going strong. She can jump pretty high, but it’s still strange. I still want to believe it jumped up there on its own.its too disturbing for me to think someone put it there.

That dog story has been all over the news internationally and you are saying these girls were posting about their missing dog on social media and no one put 2 and 2 together until just now??? Something’s not right…..

So glad that she was reunited with her family. She’s lucky to have survived. Chihuahuas can be super jumpers and escape artists. They can be hard to catch because of their speed and size and can squeeze out of the tiniest little opening.

I’m very happy the family and pooch are reunited. I’ve had a dog escape my fully fenced yard more than once, and gotten themselves in major trouble. Stranger things have happened, thank goodness Charm survived the ordeal.

I know that everyone is suspect about how the dog jumped onto the divider. Those small dogs have tremendous jumping power and stability, very much like a cat. This would not be a difficult feat for such a small dog.

Or we work with animal rescue and have seen dogs with their legs broken and their ears cut off with a kitchen knife, dogs used as pit bull bait, dogs with wire 1″ under their skin around their neck, dogs with broken ribs from kicking, dogs starved almost to death, dogs so scared of men they go catatonic when a man speaks, dogs tied to trees and left to die, dogs with broken teeth from chewing through fences to escape their owner, dogs with dozens of bbs lodged under their skin, dogs that have never left a dog crate for years, dogs that have cigarette burns, dogs who were only touched when being beaten.

Something isn’t right here. This story came out about a week ago. The kids have posted fb posts to find their dog! I get that. But not one person in the family, friends, neighbors, saw the news and said hey, that’s your dog!! Nobody said anything? Are you kidding me? And these people are just now coming forward? I call BS on this one!
I’m sure those kids loved that dog but the parents.. Not so much. Sadly the dog goes back to irresponsible owners who may “let it out again”
Pathetic!

THE BLACK KNIGHT on Claycord – Talk About Politics@AlwaysBePositive #27, I was visiting another state at the time, and on the local news they were explaining to viewers that were having their insurance